About this Event
Join us for an evening spotlighting some local LGBTQIA2S+ authors! We'll start things off with some light beverages and mingling (or quiet reading in solitude, for anyone feeling less social), and then we'll hear a brief reading or introduction of each authors' latest book. Their work spans across a wide variety of genres, including poetry, graphic novel, memoir, and fiction. Authors will be available for book signings after the readings. This is a ticketed event, with all the proceeds going to the Transgender Law Center. (If the $5 ticket price is prohibitive to your attendance, please email us and we will happily accommodate you!)
Registration is required to attend. Additional donations to Transgender Law Center are welcome! , or donate at the event.
Featured authors include:
- Sunu P. Chandy (she/her) is a social justice activist, including through her work as a poet and a civil rights attorney. She is the daughter of immigrants from Kerala, India, and currently lives in DC with her family. Her award-winning collection of poems, MY DEAR COMRADES, was published by Regal House, and she is a Pushcart Prize nominated poet.
- CK Gormally (they/them) is a cartoonist, researcher, and professor. Their comics have appeared in The Washington Post, Mutha Magazine, Spiralbound, and other places. CK is the recipient of grants, fellowships, and residencies from the National Science Foundation, the American Association of University Women, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They earned a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and are a professor at Gallaudet University. CK lives in the DC metro area. EVERYTHING IS FINE, I'LL JUST WORK HARDER is their first book.
- Jonathan Harper (he/him) is the author of the short story collection DAYDREAMERS and the novel YOU DON'T BELONG HERE. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from American University. His writing has been featured in numerous publications and anthologies including The Rumpus, The Rappahannock Review, Chelsea Station, East Jasmine Review, Big Lucks, and others. He has received residencies from The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and The Writer’s Colony at Dairy Hollow.
- Beka Wueste (she/her) is an award-winning artist and illustrator, as well as the author of the newly released collection, MY SIDE OF THE WORLD AND OTHER TALES OF DEATH. Born in Texas and raised in Virginia, she earned a B.A. in art history from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA, and an M.A. in art history from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Her previous books include THE UNSENT LETTERS OF LUCY PRIOR and FIREFLIES IN A JAR.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
One More Page Books, 2200 North Westmoreland Street, Arlington, United States
USD 6.24
